A survey of investments in logistics

Magistrsko delo, ki ga predstavljamo, temelji na raziskavi o investicijah v logistiki v podjetjih na področju Slovenije in Hrvaške. Raziskava predstavlja predmet tega dela in s tem njegovo glavno vodilo. Raziskava o investicijah v logistiki je pokazala visoko stopnjo prispevka logistike k poslovnemu uspehu, nekatere izzive in priložnosti povezane z logistiko, vpliv gospodarske in ekonomske krize in poglede na outsourcing in socialno mreženje. Raziskava zajema veliko različnih organizacij, velikih in manjših, iz javnega ali privatnega sektorja. Pristop k raziskavi je zahteval holističnost in balansiranost. Anketa, ki je orodje raziskave in s katero smo intervjuvali izbrane organizacije, je bila prirejena po poročilu Global Status Report on the Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT) iz leta 2011. Izbrana podjetja smo povprašali po vlogi in poziciji vodje logistike ter njegovi potencialni vlogi v upravi (če seveda vodja logistike v podjetju obstaja), po organizacijski strukturi podjetja, prihodku, poslovnih ciljih itd. Zanimale so nas pretekle investicije v logistiko, njihova uspešnost, okviri, ki jih uporabljajo itd., načrti za investicije v prihodnosti in upravljanju le-teh. V celoti raziskava bazira na štiridesetih kompleksnih vprašanjih. Rezultat raziskave je Delovno poročilo - upravljanje investicij v logistiki, priprava in izvedba ankete (Status report on the governance of investments in logistics). Poročilo nas usmerja v novosti v upravljanju investicij v logistiki, ki ji ponujajo kot taki bolj proaktivno vlogo v organizacijah, v glavnem z upoštevanjem vplivov logistike na poslovne cilje in njihov uspešni dosežek.The Master’s thesis that we are presenting is based on a survey of investments in logistics in some of Slovene and Croatian organizations. The study is the subject of this work and its guidance. Our survey on investment in logistics revealed a significant degree of the contribution of logistics to business success, some challenges and opportunities connected to logistics, the impact of the economic crisis and views on logistics outsourcing and social networking. It covered many different organizations, both large and small and also public and private. Our survey initiatives had to take a balanced and holistic approach. The questionnaire that we used to interview the selected organisations was modelled according to the structure given by the Global Status Report on the Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT) in 2011. We surveyed selected organizations about the position and the role of Chief of Logistics and his department’s role in the organizationthe organizational structure, income, business goals, etcabout past investments in logistics, their success, applied frameworks, etcplans about future investments and management of them, etcall together, the survey consisted of forty complex questions. The result of the survey is the Status report on the governance of investments in logistics. This report gives us the focus for new innovations in management of logistics investments, which offer ample opportunities for logistics to play a more pro-active role in organizations – mainly by the consideration of impacts of logistics on business goals and their successful completion